"But at whatever time the woodthrush may arrive, he soon announces his presence in the woods.
Withed he dawn of the succeeding morning, mounting to the top of some tall tree that rises from
a low thick shaded part of the woods, he pipes his few, but clear and musical notes, in a kind of
ecstasy; the prelude of symphony to which strongly resembles the double-tonguing of a German
flute and sometimes the tinkling of a small bell...."

Robin

"We...listen with more pleasure to this cheerful bird than to many others possessed of far
superior powers, and much greater variety. Even his nest is held more sacred among schoolboys
than that of some others; and, while they will exult in plundering a jay's or a cat bird's, a general
sentiment of respect prevails on the discovery of a robin's."

White-breasted-black-capped nuthatch

"The male is extremely attentive to the female while sitting...sometimes he seems to stop merely
to inquire how she is, and to lighten the tedious moments with his soothing chatter...When both
are feeding on the trunk of the same tree, or of adjoining ones, he is perpetually calling on her;
and from the momentary pause he makes, it is plain that he feels pleased to hear her reply."

Red bellied, black capped nuthatch

"Its voice is sharper, and its motions much quicker, than those of the other [white breasted black
capped nuthatch], being so rapid, restless, and small, as to make it a difficult point to shoot one
of them."